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Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

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The ever rotating charts rotate once more with a new no.1 AGAIN. Top for a week only is J-Lo, who's 'Get Right', DiS isn't even going to pretend to have heard.

Second is Elvis - again (the newest pop bridesmaid on the block), whilst new entries abound for LL Cool J and Game Ft 50 Cent in the top 10. Also dropping in at 10 are Atomic Kitten, which confused us, as we thought they'd split up…

Eleventh this week is Embrace, whose 'comeback' rolls on ominously - their third single in at no.11 is genuinely impressive work. Although we can't vouch for it's quality. Heart warmingly, the next new entry in the chart is Willy Mason at 23 with the gently anthemic 'Oxygen'. How many other hit singles (ish) contain the word "Ritalin"? Most of these songs are merely bought by kids ON said product. We call it the Daniel Bedingfield effect. Biffy sit at 27 with their power ballad (yes it is) 'Only One Word Comes To Mind' and FUCK ME! Is that DFA 1979 at no.33 with 'Blood On Our Hands'? CHRIST ON A BIKE! New Rhodes seemed to have finalled cracked the pop 40 with 'You've Given Me Something That I Can't' at 38! Did no one release any pop records this week?

Outside the glimmering top double-score (that's the top 40), New Found Glory limp in at no.48, Ed Harcourt, worryingly, only scores a 59 with the excellent 'Loneliness', Aberfeldy are in at 60, with Felix Da Housecat nipping through the chartflaps at 62. And we'll even give a tiny mention to House Of Love at 73. Well done.

In the album charts, Bloc Party head in at 3 (very well done), and that's it. No really, the next new entry is at no.38. And that's Charlie sodding Landsborough. A whole 30 places further down from that, the Wedding Present limp in at 68, and that is very much that.


Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

Woo the new rhodes, snigger at House of Love.

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new rhodes may be higher in the charts than the house of love this week, but i doubt they'll still be having chart hits in 17 years time.... that's how long it is since the first HOL hit.

new rhodes are shit, can't believe they even offered them the tour support in the first place.

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New Rhodes are good now.
House of love were great many years ago.
Will have to wait to see if the New Rhodes will have a classic single as the House of love had.

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Not sure that No 73 really counts as a "chart hit".

Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

loneliness by ed harcourt is a beautiful song. 59 - criminal

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Yeah, it is a good song. I didn't buy it so I can't really moan but I'm surprised it didn't go top 40.

Also, I still haven't heard anything by this Willy Mason fellow. Very slack of me. Was thinking of going to his gig n Southampton but it had sold out by the time I got my backside in gear. Whoops.

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I saw him supporting Ben Kweller last year and I can't remember him playing anything as good as Oxygen. I just remember him saying "this song is about when my friends all went to college" then strumming some chords and singing "my friiiiiends....allll went to col-lege..."

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Ha ha ha, That made me laugh. A lot. Thanks.

Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

Aberfeldy at number 60. Small victory!

Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

what exactly constitutes a 'power' ballad then?

I thought it was slow of tempo with a cheezy guitar solo and slow heartfelt vocals, I wouldn't exactly describe 'only one word' as such, would you?

Good, glad that's cleared up then

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Great news for the NRs.

Is there any site, that shows figures of single sales. etc.?

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No. Industry confidential innit. Music Week(.com) sometimes mentions them in it's news stories, which you have to pay £150 a year to read.

Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

I thought Bloc Party went in at Number 1 on the albums? They were in Virgin and HMV.

Top 40 Malarky: The week where it all went just a little indie

I wonder how many singles Aberfeldy actually sold to get to number 60? 1,000?




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